László Darvasi
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László Darvasi
László Darvasi, born in 1962 in southern Hungary, has worked as a teacher and journalist. He came to prominence as a poet and published short works of prose and novellas. Darvasi, who lives in Szeged and Budapest, is considered one of the greatest talents in Hungarian literature. In 2019, he received the »Aleksandar Tišma« International Literary Prize for his work.
László Darvasi, born in 1962 in southern Hungary, has worked as a teacher and journalist. He came to prominence as a poet and published short works of prose and novellas. Darvasi, who lives in Szeged and Budapest, is considered one of the greatest talents in Hungarian literature. In 2019, he received the »Aleksandar Tišma« International Literary Prize for his work.
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»Aleksandar Tišma« International Literary Prize
»Aleksandar Tišma« International Literary Prize
PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2016
László DarvasiYear of Publication: 2016
Winter Morning
An entire orchestra dies tragically during a bus accident; sole survivor is the drummer, who sets about carrying out their task single-handedly: releasing patients of a psychiatric...
Rights sold to:
Italy (Il Saggiatore), Bulgaria (Paradox), Serbia (Akademska Knjiga)
Year of Publication: 2013
László DarvasiYear of Publication: 2013
The Flower Eaters
Of the struggle for freedom in dark times – and of the resistance of poetry
Like in his novel Die Legende von den Tränengauklern (A könnymutatványosok...
Like in his novel Die Legende von den Tränengauklern (A könnymutatványosok...
Rights sold to:
Spanish world rights (Sexto Piso), Netherlands (Wereldbibliotheek), Poland (Jagiellonian UP), Czech Republic (Dauphin), Bulgaria (Paradox)
Year of Publication: 2006
László DarvasiYear of Publication: 2006
Mr. Stern
Some stories you never forget.
A forester finds a human arm in the forest, buried in the earth, still warm; it must have been ripped out with enormous force – but the body it belonged to is nowhere to be found. Before the mystery is solved in what is literally the novel’s final sentence, we hear the sad story of Mr. Stern, a private academic, who holds...
Year of Publication: 2006
László DarvasiYear of Publication: 2006
When a Centre Forward is dreaming
Rights sold to:
Croatia (Fraktura), Turkey (Iletisim)
Year of Publication: 2002
László DarvasiYear of Publication: 2002
The Dog Hunters of Lojang
These fifteen outrageous stories take place in an imaginary Chinese setting with no specific time or location. The evil little parables from the »Djinn Academy« permeate the book like...
Rights sold to:
Netherlands (Wereldbibliotheek), Romania (Nemira)
Year of Publication: 2000
László DarvasiYear of Publication: 2000
Getting Hold of a Woman
In spring 1999, having completed his novel The Legend of the Tear Jugglers, Darvasi returned to his original short prose style. Against the backdrop of the mass ethnic cleansing in Kosovo...
Rights sold to:
Croatia (Fraktura)
Year of Publication: 1999
László DarvasiYear of Publication: 1999
The Legend of the Tear Jugglers
Nobody knows from where they come, the five mysterious figures who make their way through a central Europe torn asunder by wars and epidemics, pogroms and struggles for freedom, performing works of...
Rights sold to:
Italy (Il Saggiatore), Netherlands (Wereldbibliotheek), Czech Republic (Dauphin)
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